Source document
LCQ12: Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (written reply by the Secretary for Security, 5 May 2010)
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 10 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
LegCo written reply, 5 May 2010 (with annex), on the CIES: approvals and investment by type and year (annex), real-estate investment split residential/non-residential, average property value, property districts from a sample of 200 applications (recorded earlier); the 10 of 100 recent extension cases that changed properties now recorded. The General Employment Policy entrepreneur table (775 entrepreneurs 2007-2009; 100 sampled cases by sector) is about a different admission route and out of scope.
What it supports
15 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Numbers (15)
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Category: Property district kowloon west29%to 2010-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Category: Property district hong kong island25%to 2010-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Category: Property district east new territories23%to 2010-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Category: Property district kowloon east14%to 2010-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Category: Property district west new territories9%to 2010-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Average investment per investor (or per property)Route: Real estate residentialHKD 10 millionto 2010-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsHKD 50 billion2003-10/2010-04-21 · Hong Kong Government 2010Reported by othersUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Real estate residentialHKD 13.35 billion2003-10/2010-03-31 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Real estate non residentialHKD 1 billion2003-10/2010-03-31 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Real estateHKD 14.35 billion2003-10/2010-03-31 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approved6,689 persons2003-10/2010-03-31 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Programme cases meeting a stated condition (review of files)Category: Changed property in recent extension sample10 applicantsto 2010-05-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Programme migrants counted in a studyCategory: Recent extension cases sampled100 applicationsto 2010-05-05 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Share of programme investment by asset class or routeRoute: Real estate residential93%2003-10/2010-03-31 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Share of programme investment by asset class or routeRoute: Real estate non residential7%2003-10/2010-03-31 · Hong Kong Government 2010Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
About the document
What it covers Approved applicants to end-March 2010; residential vs non-residential property investment; review announced.
Notes Yearly tables are in a separate annex PDF (hkg-legco-lcq12-cies-2010-annex).
Source id hkg-legco-lcq12-cies-2010 · accessed 2 Oct 2026